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No. 367,344. Patented July 26, 1887.y

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JOSEPH H. KNAU'S, OF FAYETTE, MISSOURI, JetsSIenoE OE FOUR-EIETHS TO`VVALTEB. C. KNAUS, LEIVIS 'MARTIN T. SETTLE.

DRAWER-EQUALIZER.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,344, dated July 26,1887. Application filed May 24, 1887. Serial No. 239,258. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may' concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. KNAUS, of Fayette, in the county of Howardand State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement inDrawer-Equalizers, of which the following is a specification. A

The object of my invention is to provide a deviceto insure the equalmovement of both sides of a drawer in sliding out of and into its waysor guides, thus insuring an even, uniform, and smooth movement of thedrawer, and obviating the cramping and binding which so commonly occurin furniture-drawers, especially when the drawer is pulled unevenly, Orone side of the drawer is pulled harder than the other.

In accomplishing my object my invention consists in combining with thedrawer a rotary shaft arranged longitudinally to the drawer, or at rightangles to the line of movement,and journaled in bearings in the drawer,and having at each end a cord or chain wrapped several -times .aroundthe shaft, and having its ends attached to a .stationary connection ot'the drawer-casing, one at the back and the other at the front, ashereinafter more fully described.

InV the drawing, the figure is a perspective view of my improveddrawer-equalizer attached to a drawer, part of the casing being brokenaway.

In thedrawing, A represents the drawer,

l and B B the casing or frame in which the drawer slides.

C is a roller-shaft arranged at the rear upper edge of the back side ofthe drawer. This shaft has journals at its ends, which revolve inbearingsin two horizontal springs, a o, which are fastened to the sidesof the drawer, and are offset a short distance from the sides of thedrawer, so that an endwise movement ofthe roller will bend the springand remove the opposite journal from its bearing when -it is desired todetach the roller from the drawer. At each end of the roller, and nearthe sides of the drawer, there is a cord or chain, b, wound severaltimes around the roller and fastened by a staple or tack to preventslipping. The ends of these cords are vattachedlto the casing or frameof the drawerone end to the back part, B, and the other end to thefrontpart, B. may be made in any approved way-such, for instance, asa stapleor screw-eye, or a hole bored through the wood to receive the cord andav knot tied in the end of the same.

Vith such an arrangement of the cords, roller, and drawer it will beseen that when the drawer is pulled out the roller moves with thedrawer, and the cord in unwinding in rear of the roller and windinginfront upon it causes the roller to revolve, and the revolution of thisroller causes the cord at the other side ofthe drawer to wind on theroller in front and unwind in the rear, thus imparting to the drawer atthat side the sameA motion that it has at the side where the power mayhave been applied. This causes the drawer to always move equally at bothsides, and insures a free andeasy passage,f1ee

'from any cramping or binding.

To take the drawer entirely out of its frame, the roller is pressedendwise, as before described, and for this purposeV only onespring-bearing is necessary; or the bearings may be immovable and one ofthe journals spring-seated; or both journals may be sim-- ply dropped ina slotted bearing in the woodworlgwhich slots open at the top to allowthe journals to freely fall to place or be lifted out. Instead, also, ofusing a roller-shaft, I may use asmaller shaft with a broad-facedgrooved pulley at each end, upon which the cords are wound, and insteadof using a cord a chain or wire may be used.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new is l. Thecombination, with a drawer and its casing, of a shaft journaled in thedrawer at right angles to the line of Inovement, and a cord or otherflexible connection, as described, arranged at each end of 'the shaftand wound around the same, the said cords having their ends connected,respectively,to the front and back ofthe casing, substantial] y as shownand described.

This connection 2. The combination, with a drawer and iisJ neeted,respeebiveiy, t0 the front and hack of casing, ofa shaft; jonrnaied inthe drawer at the easing, substantially as and for the purrlght anglesto the line of movement, springpose described.

hearings for said shaft, and a cord 0r other JOSEPH H. KNAUS. 5 flexibleconnection, as described, arranged ab VitneSses:

each end 0f the Shaft and wound around the A. J. FUR'R,

sa1ne,the Said cords having their ends con- VM. A. DUDGEON.

